The Owen Sound/Shallow Lake Selects squad finished round robin play at the 2018 U14 Boy’s Canadian Fast Pitch Championship tied in second place with the Napanee Express.

Each team sports a 5-2 record after seven games.

The national championship began on Tuesday in Stouffville. The Selects will now begin the double-elimination playoff round Saturday morning against the Express, first pitch for that game will go at noon.

The Selects opened their tournament with a 15-0 blowout over Elite from Newfoundland before suffering their first loss, 11-3, against the Napanee Express.

Owen Sound/Shallow Lake then swept all three games on Wednesday, 8-0 over the Simcoe Braves, 7-4 over the Selects out of Newfoundland, and 13-0 over the Saskatoon Selects.

Finally on Friday the Selects split a pair of games. They narrowly beat the host Stouffville Storm 4-3 before falling to Bellechasse – out of Quebec – 8-6, to close out the round robin.

Isaiah Kerr has led the way for the Selects with the bat by driving in 10 runs over seven games. Austin Griffin and Jaiden Whitlock have each notched seven RBIs.

Keir has also been a force on the mound picking up three wins with zero earned runs and five K’s.

The Simcoe Braves finished the round robin atop the table with a 6-1 record. Stouffville, Bellechasse, and Saskatoon will round out the playoff bracket.

The championship game is scheduled for Sunday with first pitch at 3 p.m.